Sleep training question

So today, our Ped told me its "time to sleep train the momma" lol. I cant help it, I love snuggling my LO (little one) to sleep! I've been doing my research but can't seem to find a method that fits. LO (little one) does not cry when I put her down, she just wakes up! As in, HELLO WORLD! and will start babbling and playing with her toes, even though I know she's exhausted. Literally 5 seconds after I pick her up, shell fall back asleep in my arms. And when I lay her down again, the cycle continues lol. Do I just leave her be till she falls asleep eventually? Or am I doomed to snuggle this baby to sleep until shes a teenager?! 😁 Though I would be totally fine with that too haha

I just started reading the sleep lady book and I think that the method we are going to go with. She does suggest putting them down sleepy but awake. I didn’t realize how long it takes them to fall asleep. It took my baby about half an hour to fall asleep in bed last night. There were very few tears, and we stayed with him until he was asleep. I can’t do cry it out, I just couldn’t stand it. So this is a better method for me.

I would try to let her just babble and see if she falls asleep. It can’t hu...

Posted
09/04/2018

I would try to let her just babble and see if she falls asleep. It can’t hurt to see what she’ll do!

I’ve always put my little guy down before he’s asleep, and now that he’s older he babbles himself to sleep all the time! It’s pretty cute!

How long does yours babble until asleep? My LO (little one) doesn’t cry much— usually will babble and tug at sleep sack but doesn’t seem close to ever falling asleep and I grow impatient. She usually ends up slamming her legs up and down and I assume there’s no way she’ll fall asleep like that and I pick her up. I know I need to stop someday but I’m awful at this.

How long does yours babble until asleep? My LO doesn’t cry much— usuall...

Posted
09/04/2018

How long does yours babble until asleep? My LO doesn’t cry much— usually will babble and tug at sleep sack but doesn’t seem close to ever falling asleep and I grow impatient. She usually ends up slamming her legs up and down and I assume there’s no way she’ll fall asleep like that and I pick her up. I know I need to stop someday but I’m awful at this.

Usually doesn’t babble for longer than a few minutes, but there’s been a few times that it was almost 15 minutes! lol

Not sure if this will work for you as I've been doing this since he was a few weeks old... But when i know lo is tired I wrap him in a thin blanket. (Like a recieving blanket). Then when I set him in his bed hes not touching anything cold and he stays asleep. He hates being cold so if his bed is cold and i set his lil sleeping head on it... Its instant wide awake like I'd dumped a glass of cold water on his face. The blankie is warm and smells like mom and seems to work for us.

If you are enjoying snuggling her to sleep then don’t quit! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that! Babies are meant to be held and cuddled. There’s a reason she wakes up when you put her down, she wants to know she’s safe being held close. You’re not going to teach her bad habits by doing so, you’ll be teaching her that she can trust you to meet her needs. If you’re interested in a good book on sleep development check out the gentle sleep book. It really helped ease my anxieties right away about creating bad sleep habits. Honestly I’d find a different ped if it were me.

ETA: I didn’t mean you shouldnt put her down when she’s asleep, but rather that allowing her to fall asleep in your arms is perfectly normal. We use the rock n play or dock a tot for a close feel if we need to set LO (little one) down for a bit. Maybe you could try one of those to free your arms once she’s asleep?

I'm in the same boat but just for naps. LO (little one) is pretty good with our bed time routine but naps are exactly as you described 75% of the time. Rock her to about half asleep, set her down and shes immediately awake and ready to play, not crying either. I try leaving her but she eventually rolls to her tummy and gets frustrated and fusses or just thinks it's fun tummy time (shes not the greatest at rolling back). So I have to pick her up, rock her again which doesnt take long since she is tired but then as soon as I set her back down shes back to being awake. So I've resorted to holding her for some naps. I'd like to try sleep training and I have the sleep lady book as well but I feel like shell take for ever to get herself to sleep if she even falls asleep...im not sure I can do CIO (cry it out) either. Hoping there is improvement in site as she gets older. I'd also love for her to be able to nap for longer than 30 to 40 mins at a time on her own.

How long does yours babble until asleep? My LO doesn’t cry much— usuall...

Posted
09/04/2018

How long does yours babble until asleep? My LO doesn’t cry much— usually will babble and tug at sleep sack but doesn’t seem close to ever falling asleep and I grow impatient. She usually ends up slamming her legs up and down and I assume there’s no way she’ll fall asleep like that and I pick her up. I know I need to stop someday but I’m awful at this.

This is the same exact way as my LO (little one) - babble and slamming the feet, she is literally doing it right now lol but I'm trying to let her do her thing!
Also her first night in the pack and play.

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